{"id":18549,"date":"2026-05-03T17:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/write-the-nth-term-rule-181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T17:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:19:22","slug":"write-the-nth-term-rule-181","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/write-the-nth-term-rule-181\/","title":{"rendered":"Write The Nth Term Rule 181"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Find an expression for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence: -6, -1, 4, 9, &#8230;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>5n &#8211; 11<\/li>\n<li>5n &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2735,2567],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-18549","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-algebraic-rules","topic-sequences","subject-mathematics","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"The common difference is 5, so the nth term has the form 5n + c. Since the first term occurs at n = 1, 5(1) + c = -6, giving c = -11. Thus the nth term is 5n - 11.","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"5n - 11"},{"right":"no","answer":"5n - 6"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2735,"title":"Algebraic Rules","slug":"algebraic-rules"},{"id":2567,"title":"Sequences","slug":"sequences"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/18549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=18549"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=18549"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=18549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}